How To Install dar on Fedora 34

dar is Software for making/restoring incremental CD/DVD backups

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Fedora 34.

What is dar

DAR is a command line tool to backup a directory tree and files. DAR is able to make differential backups, split them over a set of disks or files of a given size, use compression, filter files or subtrees to be saved or not saved, directly access and restore given files. DAR is also able to handle extented attributes, and can make remote backups through an ssh session for example. Finally, DAR handles save and restore of hard and symbolic links.

We can use yum or dnf to install dar on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dar.

Install dar on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dar using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install dar

Install dar on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install dar using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install dar

How To Uninstall dar on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the dar package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove dar

dar Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/darrc
/usr/bin/dar
/usr/bin/dar_cp
/usr/bin/dar_manager
/usr/bin/dar_slave
/usr/bin/dar_split
/usr/bin/dar_xform
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/f6fe215af799a827e01907b52773f54fb44ac7
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/9e99ea2110037e7bf48ac9fbf3728da6af091a
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/b33a6c9f06fed8880321f715fdf3c6af109511
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/dacffad2d3e866a31a66b192727afddb8a62d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/b26552e7c4737e6a9bdaaab2287f8c888a6d37
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/1e50595bf97724043eb5803c4710bcc5f1a4cd
/usr/share/doc/dar
/usr/share/doc/dar/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dar/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dar/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dar/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/dar/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/dar/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/dar/TODO
/usr/share/doc/dar/html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/COMMAND_LINE
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Doxyfile
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Features.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Good_Backup_Practice.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Known_Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Limitations.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Notes.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Tutorial.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/api_tutorial.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/authentification.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar-catalog.dtd
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar_doc.jpg
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar_key.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar_s_doc.jpg
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/downloading.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/from_sources.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/man
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/man/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.en.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.es.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.it.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/old_dar_key.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/portable_cp
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/presentation.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/python
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/python/libdar_test.py
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH-dar-make_user_backup.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH-readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH_dar_archiver.options
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH_darrc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/MyBackup.sh.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-root.options
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-root.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-storage.options
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-storage.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_ftpbackup.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/Patrick_Nagel_Note.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/automatic_backup
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/automatic_backup.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/available_space.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/cdbackup.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/cluster_digital_backups.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/cluster_digital_readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_backup
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_backups.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_par.dcf
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_par_create.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_par_test.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_rqck.bash
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/darrc_sample
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/date_past_N_days
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/etc_darrc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/pause_every_n_slice.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/sample1.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/usage_notes.html
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/dar.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/dar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_cp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_manager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_slave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_split.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_xform.1.gz
/etc/darrc
/usr/bin/dar
/usr/bin/dar_cp
/usr/bin/dar_manager
/usr/bin/dar_slave
/usr/bin/dar_split
/usr/bin/dar_xform
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/3db94371732b56761d0e5143f0267506ca546e
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/8bcad2b6067d74bbaf6efa6c56af159c5ebdc1
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/8c5a7e9c78e2edc5ecd6f4aaa07df6c60c1237
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/407890814ccefad509fb53e58d87870439de8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/674a3cb5bd3cf29c3c67aa779771f371abe1d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/39c9aba6d7f07e5bd003789bb16db7e7f5e1bd
/usr/share/doc/dar
/usr/share/doc/dar/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/dar/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/dar/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/dar/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/dar/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/README.Fedora
/usr/share/doc/dar/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/dar/TODO
/usr/share/doc/dar/html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/COMMAND_LINE
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Doxyfile
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Features.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Good_Backup_Practice.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Known_Bugs.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Limitations.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Notes.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/Tutorial.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/api_tutorial.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/authentification.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar-catalog.dtd
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar_doc.jpg
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar_key.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/dar_s_doc.jpg
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/downloading.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/from_sources.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/man
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/man/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.en.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.es.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/dar-differential-backup-mini-howto.it.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/mini-howto/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/old_dar_key.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/portable_cp
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/presentation.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/python
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/python/libdar_test.py
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH-dar-make_user_backup.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH-readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH_dar_archiver.options
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/JH_darrc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/MyBackup.sh.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-root.options
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-root.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-storage.options
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_backup-storage.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/PN_ftpbackup.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/Patrick_Nagel_Note.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/README
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/automatic_backup
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/automatic_backup.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/available_space.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/cdbackup.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/cluster_digital_backups.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/cluster_digital_readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_backup
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_backups.sh
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_par.dcf
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_par_create.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_par_test.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/dar_rqck.bash
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/darrc_sample
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/date_past_N_days
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/etc_darrc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/index.html
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/pause_every_n_slice.duc
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/samples/sample1.txt
/usr/share/doc/dar/html/usage_notes.html
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/dar.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/dar.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/dar.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_cp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_manager.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_slave.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_split.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/dar_xform.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dar on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.